Cheap Things To Do in Dodgeville, Wisconsin

Enjoy a game of bowling on your own or be a part of a team and ... More on Yahoo! Travel

The Iowa County Historical Society maintains many historical archives at the Iowa County Historical Society Museum. Iowa County Historical Society Museum services include: * Reprints of Iowa County history books * Artifacts and scrapbooks ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Inscription. You are traveling the route of the Old Military Road, built in 1835-36, to connect Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien and Fort Howard at Green Bay, via Fort Winnebago at "The Portage" between the Fox-Wisconsin rivers. ... More on HMDB

Friendship Center is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to inspire learning and love of the natural world. Friendship Center was founded in 1970 by a group of Wisconsin reading teachers. Th... More on Friendshipcenterwi.org

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Inscription. Fort Defiance was one of the last garrisoned stockade forts constructed in territorial Wisconsin. Located in the booming lead mining region, an area of early settlement, the fort was built by local settlers in 1832 when ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Arriving in Dodgeville in 1827, Henry Dodge, later renowned as a Black Hawk War military leader, territorial governor and state senator, began his Wisconsin career as a miner. In circa 1830, Dodge established living quarters ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In the 1830s, tin miners from Cornwall, England started coming to S. W. Wisconsin to work the newly discovered lead ore deposits. In certain localities they built their stone cottages similar to the ones of their homeland. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In June, 1832, an alarm spread throughout the mining region that Black Hawk and his band were on the march north from Illinois. Hastily built stockades were erected throughout the lead region. Fort Jackson was built on ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On July 4, 1836, here in Mineral Point, Col. Henry Dodge took the oath of office to become the first Governor of the newly-created Territory of Wisconsin. This Territory, previously attached to Michigan, embraced the ... More on HMDB